Jacques van Oene
August 6th 05, 05:03 PM
Kyle Herring/Allard Beutel
Johnson Space Center, Houston August 6, 2005
(Phone 202/358-3749)
MEDIA ADVISORY: M05-129
NASA ISSUES TIPS FOR RECORDING DISCOVERY'S RETURN
A horizon-to-horizon plasma streak across the pre-dawn sky signals
Space Shuttle Discovery's return to Earth on Monday. Amateur videographers
and photographers can capture the event with tips provided by NASA imagery
experts.
Following a successful 13-day mission to the International Space Station,
Discovery is scheduled to land at 4:46 a.m. EDT, Monday back at its launch
site, NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
Discovery's track takes it across the southern Pacific Ocean, Central
America, Cuba and Florida's southwest coast en route to KSC.
As it begins interacting with the Earth's atmosphere, Discovery's speed
creates a plasma shield of super-heated air, which stretches almost from
horizon to horizon.
While NASA is not soliciting video from the public, the tips provide
guidance for amateur astronomers to track Discovery's return home. The tips
are available on the Web at:
http://www.nasa.gov/returntoflight/crew/photo_tips.html
For the latest information about Discovery's mission on the Web, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/returntoflight
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Jacques :-)
www.spacepatches.info
Johnson Space Center, Houston August 6, 2005
(Phone 202/358-3749)
MEDIA ADVISORY: M05-129
NASA ISSUES TIPS FOR RECORDING DISCOVERY'S RETURN
A horizon-to-horizon plasma streak across the pre-dawn sky signals
Space Shuttle Discovery's return to Earth on Monday. Amateur videographers
and photographers can capture the event with tips provided by NASA imagery
experts.
Following a successful 13-day mission to the International Space Station,
Discovery is scheduled to land at 4:46 a.m. EDT, Monday back at its launch
site, NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
Discovery's track takes it across the southern Pacific Ocean, Central
America, Cuba and Florida's southwest coast en route to KSC.
As it begins interacting with the Earth's atmosphere, Discovery's speed
creates a plasma shield of super-heated air, which stretches almost from
horizon to horizon.
While NASA is not soliciting video from the public, the tips provide
guidance for amateur astronomers to track Discovery's return home. The tips
are available on the Web at:
http://www.nasa.gov/returntoflight/crew/photo_tips.html
For the latest information about Discovery's mission on the Web, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/returntoflight
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Jacques :-)
www.spacepatches.info